Kelvin Fletcher, who left Emmerdale in 2016, and his wife Liz moved from urban living to a farm in the Peak District in 2021, according to multiple reports. They originally considered moving to California for a quiet, relaxing life but ended up on a 120-acre farm in Cheshire. The couple now manages the farm while parenting their four children, named Marnie, Milo, Maximus, and Mateusz.
According to Daily Express - Showbiz, Liz described the work as hard but fitting for their passionate, hardworking nature, noting that Kelvin would work until he dropped if he could. She hopes their children will eventually inherit the farm, and Kelvin Fletcher envisions them taking over the family farming enterprise in the future. According to Daily Express - Showbiz, Liz described how having the kids involved makes it special, as she hopes they will one day take over so she and Kelvin can relax, with the children sending them money.
It's hard work for sure, it's how we've looked at it and tried to work it out that fits for us, we're both very passionate about hardworking, very hardworking, Kelvin would work until he dropped if he could.
The Fletchers intend to generate income from the wool their sheep produce after shearing, though the success of this plan remains unclear. According to Daily Express - Showbiz, Kelvin Fletcher described his long-term hope to become a farm handyman while the kids run a big farming enterprise, though Liz questioned if he could let go of control, and he acknowledged that letting go is probably the hardest thing for most farming families. This strategy aligns with broader agricultural trends where farmers are struggling and have been forced to diversify their income streams, as Liz noted.
Specific financial challenges on their farm and other income diversification methods they might be considering are not detailed in available reports, nor are the ages of their children or the exact reasons for choosing a farm over California.
I have to work, I'm a farmer who has got four kids. Kelvin, I work more than I like. In an ideal world I'd like to just chill out but we're farmers and I've got four kids so I can't.
Having the kids involved and helping just makes me special, because they'll one day, hopefully, take over me, and Kelvin can be in the Bahamas. So I'm hoping that the kids are doing all this, and we're just sitting back, and they're sending us money.
You know what I would actually love, let's say in, I don't know, 20 years from now, that I'm just kind of the farm handyman, the farm labourer, and that the kids are running a big farming enterprise.
Do you think you'll let go of that control? Because, knowing you, I can't imagine it.
I think that's probably the hardest thing for most farming families to let go.